Steel producers are increasingly responding to market demands for high- to ultra-high-strength steel grades with strip thicknesses of over 25 millimeters. With the fully automatic sampling line from AMOVA, they can significantly increase their production by shortening throughput times. The heart of the line is the high-performance sampling shear in combination with the specially designed transport system and the associated strapping machine. The system concept prevents the high-strength steel strip from suddenly springing open, guarantees safe sampling and reliably secures the coil during handling and transport to the end customer. Thanks to its compact design, the line can be easily integrated into the transport systems of a hot strip mill for the sampling of hot-rolled coils, or into the logistics center for the sampling of cold strip.